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...will have to continue to support them through humanitarian assistance. It also seems to me that we should not just march in and disband the contras. We need to at least leave open the prospect they could be re-established as a fighting force if Ortega continues to thumb his nose at his neighbors...
...turned out, Quayle performed better than even he might have expected. He committed some small gaffes: tempting fate by tasting tropical fruit at a Caracas fruit stand and rapping former President Jimmy Carter for "complicating matters" by discussing Central American peace plans with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. Quayle said he did not talk with his boss during the trip and noted that the President was suffering from laryngitis. He then took an unintentional swipe at Ronald Reagan by adding that the former President sometimes used a sore throat as an excuse for canceling press conferences...
...later said Quayle won "very positive reviews" in his talks with Latin leaders. The Vice President impressed Brazil's President Jose Sarney by asking about the country's November elections. "You mean in Brazil?" replied Sarney, evidently astonished that Quayle was aware of the upcoming vote. Even Ortega had kind if somewhat condescending words: "I thought he showed an ability to understand the political reality of Latin America...
...only sin was that of trying to give the Nicaraguan people all that they deserve, at the same time we were fighting a war against U.S. aggression." With those words of justification for Nicaragua's shattered economy, President Daniel Ortega last week imposed a drastic austerity program that will slash the national budget by almost half and lay off nearly 35,000 public employees, including 10,000 army personnel and 13,000 members of the security police. The measures are aimed at stimulating production, almost at a standstill, and exports, which have been cut nearly in half...
Afghanistan's war-weary people wonder when, not if, the Moscow-backed regime of President Najibullah will fall. -- A leftist attack reawakens Argentina's ugly memories of the 1970s. -- Nicaragua's Ortega says he is ready to make peace with Washington. -- The Soviet Union's first contested elections bring confusion and conflict...